Newsletter ➢ ᴀFKAғ•2020#34

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2 October 2020 #34 Marisa wants to put Ascent through the DD paces and the DD Vote is already underway.  Get a first whiff of what they are about here. Get in touch with Marisa.Fong@fka.nz if you want to help her! Garry our investor rep for Hot Lime Labs #13 reports that this $2M round is in oversubscription. Email Garry.Bluett@fka.nz with any questions. In the past 12 months, Datagate has gone from 24 international customers to over 100. Mark, the CEO  has things to sing about. Briefing dates have been circulated to shareholders. There will be a small rights issue. Any questions? Steve.Copley@fka.nz is your man Erick, Glen, Rudi and angel applicant Emma are cooking up a storm as mentors this weekend at GridAKL. Wish 'em luck! Great updates from Chatterize #22 and Eight360 #21. If you are invested but didn't get your copy ping Phil.Southward@fka.nz for both of these. Also, iDefigo #06 circulated its update from the UK recently, your contact for this is Stephen.Meikle@fka.nz. AANZ's Bridget, not from Access Automation NZ, not from Afghan Association of New Zealand, not from Architects Association Noida Zone, but of course, from Angel Association New Zealand is reaching out to improve this year's survey results. Survey links for FOUNDERS & ANGELS  Great TED Talk that one of our CEOs shared the other week. A smile on his face, he must be convinced that he has got good timing TED Talk When a freemium model pays off - the recent Kami #02 NBR article where they cut off the funny side of the photo. Drummond word of this article is shibboleths.  here. It was a busy Thursday ADI in Auckland this week. We had one drop out only to have another one sneak in after 18:00. One slot was about the interesting everybodyeats.nz initiative. A voice from the past. "Hopefully you remember me and my Pole Testing business. 2014 ADI, 2015 US$650k, 2018 cash flow positive, 2020 declined US$10m offer. I'd love to get some feedback... coffee?" After ADI Glen took these photos and provided the caption. Some are lucky and can stand on the shoulders of giants that went before them others are not so lucky and have to clean the giant mess left by their predecessors.  Daria Murray is the new CEO at NZGCP. NZ Herald.